Acts 8:31

WEB

³¹He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

KJV

³¹And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

BSB

³¹“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

FBV

³¹“How can I, unless someone explains it?” the man replied. He invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.

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Romans 10:14

¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

Psalms 73:16-17

¹⁶When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me— ¹⁷until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

¹⁸In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness. ¹⁹The humble also will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 25:8-9

⁸Good and upright is the LORD, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. ⁹He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

Proverbs 30:2-3

²“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding. ³I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Matthew 18:3-4

³and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

1 Corinthians 8:2

²But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

1 Corinthians 14:36-37

³⁶What!? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?

³⁷If any man thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

2 Kings 5:26

²⁶He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?

Isaiah 35:8

⁸A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.